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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
wakaonna 若女

Young girl. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The mature…

Art History, Sculpture
wakaotoko 若男

Young man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young commoner with…

Art History, Sculpture
wansen 腕釧

A wristlet. A decorative ring *kansen 鐶釧 found on the wrists of…

Art History, Sculpture
warabidegata 蕨手形

Short for warabidegata suihotsu 蕨手形垂髪. Strands of hair *suihotsu…

Art History, Sculpture
waraijō 笑尉

Lit. "laughing old man." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a…

Art History, Sculpture
waranawa 藁縄

1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *…

Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture
warihagi 割矧

A sculpture technique used to carve a large hollow space *uchiguri…

Art History, Sculpture
warikubi 割首

A wood statue technique used to join the head and body at the neck. The head and body of a Buddha statue are carved from a…

Art History, Sculpture
washibana akujō 鷲鼻悪尉

Eagle-nosed fierce old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a…

Art History, Sculpture
yakan 野干

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a small Chinese fox. Its thin-lipped, slightly…

Art History, Sculpture
yakuko 薬壷

A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the…

Art History, Sculpture
Yakushi keka 薬師悔過

Keka 悔過 is a term used in Buddhism meaning repentance of one's sins, and refers to the chanting of prayers to…

Art History, Sculpture
Yamauba 山姥

Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.…

Art History, Painting, Sculpture
yase-onna 痩女

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman who dies from…

Art History, Sculpture
yase-otoko 痩男

Emaciated man. Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a ghost suffering in hell. Lean…

Art History, Sculpture
yogan-in 与願印

Lit. "wish-granting mudra (Sk: varada mudra)"; also segan-in 施願印. A mudra or hand gesture *…

Art History, Sculpture
yōraku 瓔珞

1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva…

Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations
yorimasa 頼政

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a 12th-century warrior-poet of the Seiwa Genji…

Art History, Sculpture
yoroboshi 弱法師

Priest with faltering step. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a blind young boy…

Art History, Sculpture
yoseki-zukuri 寄木造

Also read yosegi zukuri. Formerly called kiyose zukuri 木寄造 or yoseai zukuri 寄合造. Antomym of *…

Art History, Sculpture
yūgeza 遊戯坐 ✓

Also read yūgiza (Sk: lalitasana). A seated position for a Buddhist image, usually a bodhisattva *…

Art History, Sculpture

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University